Building



(No Model.)

\ J. R. RHINEHART.

BUILDING.

Patented Dec. 27,1881.

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UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. RHINEHAR'I, OF CARLISLE, ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF TO JOHN O.

DILL, OF ALLEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUILDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,637, dated December 27', 1881,

Application tiled October 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. R. BHINEHART, a citizen' of the United States of America, residing at Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Buildings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures otreference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction of buildings; and it consists in certain improvements therein having reference to the strength and durability of the structure, as herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specitlcation, Figure 1 represents in perspective a building having my-improvements, parts of the building being removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the foundation, showing the bottom of the same and attachments. Fig. 3 illustrates in section the manner of securing the rafters.

In the said drawings, A designates the foundation of the building, having the sills B rest` ing thereon.

(l indicates the wall-plate, the rafters D being fixed thereto in the ordinary position.

In constructing the building iron rods a are placed in a vertical position in the frame, as shown, said rods passing through the wallplate C and downward through intermediate timbers, through the sills B and the foundation, also through apertures in the iron bars or plates b, placed under the foundation and bolted at the corners, as shown in Fig. 2. The said rods a are keyed or secured by burrs o under the bars b, and drawn and secured above by means of burrs and bars or plates d, thus bracing the building and binding the same and its foundation rmly together. Burrs e are formed at joints in the rods a. The rafters D are also firmly secured in place by means of rods f, each of said rods passing over a span of rafters, and being usually sunk or placed in a groove therein. The ends of each rod f are 5o passed down through the wall-plate C, and at'- ter the rod is tightly drawn are secured by burrs g under the wall-plate; or the ends of rod f may be passed through the rafter, which is then usually provided with plates h at the 5 5` points where the rod passes through, and the rod being secured by burrs, as shown at an in Fig. 3. When the rods f are secured as last stated the ends of the rafters are usually bolted to the wall-plate C.

The improvement described may be applied to buildings already erected, the vertical rods being placed against the walls of the building or sunk therein. In such application of the rods iron pins provided with eyes are passed through the'wall-plate or walls of the building and secured on the inside with burrs, or they may be screwed into the walls. The rods are passed through the eyes of the pins and secured at their upper extremities with burrs, be- 7o ingfastenedattheirlowerextremitiesbymeans of stones, iron plates, or hars in the ground.

The invention may be applied to buildings of any kind of material, and in case of a building without any independent foundation the vertical rods may be secured below by extending them below the surface of the ground and fastening them to horizontal bars of iron.

The construction described greatly increases the strength of the building, which may be 8o safely built of lighter and less expensive material, the material saved being enough to balance the cost of the additional improvement.

Buildings constructed with the improvement described are well calculated to endure the 8 5 shocks of gales and torrents, as the force nec-v essary to damage the building to any great eX- tent would have to be sufficient to overturn the whole building, including the foundation. Thus in many instances the structure might 9o be saved if this construction were adopted. r

I claiml. In combination with the rafters of a building, the rods f, running over the spans of rafters and having their ends secured substantially asset forth.

2. In combination with the rafters of a building, rods f, passing along and over the rafters and through the Wall-plete, said rods being In testimony whereof I afx my signature in secured in place) slbstantially as and for the presence of two Witnesses. purposes desorl er. T

3. In combination with the rafters and rods JOHN R RHIEHART 5 f and the Wall-plates, the vertical rods a and Witnesses:

plates b, constructed and arranged es and for ALBERT LEONARD, the purpose set forth. GEO. L. GOUCHER. 

